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Georgia Code Title 12. Conservation and Natural Resources § 12-14-3

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(a) Any person owning or having control over any oil or hazardous substance who has knowledge of any spill or release of such oil or who has knowledge of any spill or release of such hazardous substance in a quantity equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity or who has knowledge of a spill or release of an unknown quantity of oil or a hazardous substance shall immediately notify the division through the Department of Natural Resources Emergency Operations Center as soon as that person knows of the spill or release.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to:

(1) The application of a pesticide product registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Section 136, et seq., or the Georgia Pesticide Control Act, Code Section 2-7-50, et seq., or both, when the application of such pesticide is made in a manner consistent with its label or labeling; or

(2) Air emissions from animal waste, including decomposing animal waste, at a farm.

(c) The division shall develop procedures to provide notice to other state, federal, or local governmental agencies.

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